Role: Sustainability Manager

Company: Main Contractor

Location: Orpington

Salary: £50,000 - £60,000

CSC Recruitment are currently recruiting for a Sustainability Manager on behalf of a medium size main contractor with an annual turnover of £100m.  They are based in Kent with the majority of their projects based in London. The types of schemes they deliver include new build and refurbishments within the healthcare, commercial and education sectors.

They are seeking a Sustainability Manager to work across the whole business from pre-construction through to handover of projects to the client.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Support the delivery and management of the environmental management system.
• Lead on carbon for the programme partner team producing carbon plans, baselining and reporting.
• Create environmental engagement campaigns throughout the year including carbon, circular economy and biodiversity.
• Champion sustainability best practices and best-in-class outcomes.
• Lead the development of environmental behaviour and culture with the site teams and supply chain partners.
• Drive environmental and sustainability performance with contractors, drawing on experience in the supply chain to deliver leading/best practices.
• Help instigate and oversee a programme of regular environmental inspections and implement the environmental performance measurement, review and reporting requirements.
• Co-operate with auditors during environmental audits and implement corrective actions resulting from any non-conformances.
• Lead the development of client climate change, sustainability and/or social value strategies on individual projects.
• Be a technical expert and promote innovation in a particular area of sustainability, such as waste, energy/carbon, water, responsible sourcing of materials and sustainable buildings.
• At the same time, this person should be a pro-active generalist, able to cover all key issues of sustainability with all relevant stakeholders.

You’ll need to have:

• Experience of driving the sustainability agenda and delivering successful outcomes.
• Experience (preferably main or sub contractor) managing environmental issues on construction projects.
• On-site construction experience, best practice and innovative delivery and expectations.
• Good organisational skills and the ability to work independently and be pro-active.
• Professional qualities including accuracy, tenacity, results-oriented, the ability to work well within a team.
• Excellent communication/interpersonal skills with client, team and external stakeholders.
• Qualified to degree level in a related discipline.
• Be able to translate technical topics into laypersons language and articulate the value of sustainability.
• Champion sustainability and be a leader, encouraging behavioural change throughout the business.
• Bid support – support work winning/bidding with strong business acumen.

This role is offered on a part-time or full-time basis.  For full information on this fantastic opportunity for a Sustainability Manager, please apply